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Welcome to episode 152

Skazz joins us sleep deprived after completing a 24 hour livestream by him self. First of he played Duke Nukem add on to Bulletstorm, A fast passed shooter from 2011 trying to re-kindle the feelings of early 90's shooters. He then moves onto playing the remake of Duke Nukem 3d on the Nitendo Switch. 

Moving on, he played No More Heros becoming an Assassin in order to get laid, he follows up with No More Heros 2 once again trying to get to the top of he assassin guild in his local town.

Ram has been playing some co-op games with a halloween theme, first up is Killing Floor: Incursion. A game with Zombie like enemy's and and having to make use of two handed weapons. A fun game with a major problem.

The guys have also been hunting ghosts in Phasmophobia, you and upto three friends use a varity of tools to ID a type of ghost and try to avoid joining the ranks of the dead yourself.

Skazz has been also been playing Genshin Impact an MMO that plays and looks like Zelda Breath of the Wild, 

Notes:

Play as Duke in Bulletstorm

Classic Duke remade in Duke Nukem 3d on Switch

Turns out all girls want is for you to become the top assassin, at least according to No More Heros and getting to the op in his hometown in No More Heros 2

Play with a friend and hope you don't have a bug in Killing Floor Incurison

Channel you inner Yvette Fielding in Phasmophobia

A MMO inspred by Zelda with Genshin Impact

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Ska4zzi0us

Welcome to Episode 151

We talk about Deep Rock Galactic, where you play a group of Dwarves digging your way into a planet, finding and digging ore, fighting off the indigenous life and a make a mad dash to the extraction.

Skazz is looking forward to being able to play Steins;Gate Robotic;Notes when he get his PC back from being repaired

Ram has been having to find a way out of a Taiwan school, avoiding strange demon monsters and pointing and clicking in Detention

We also give an update to our weight loss challenge, Skazz's ongoing computer problems and the upcoming second Lockdown

Notes

Find precious ore, but don't dig too deep in Deep Rock Galactic

Skazz fantasy of an English release of ROBOTICS;NOTES on pc, shame his machine is out of action.

Escape a Taiwan school during the white terror in Detention

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Welcome to episode 150

We kick off with some annoying news, thanks to our hosting provider missing up, we've lost our domain. Thankfully we now a new domain. www.randnerds.co.uk

We then move onto games we've been playing, first with how were all blind and can't see crowbars in Payday 2, Skazz has a promise to play Ys for next time.

TheSuffolkRam has been finding random items and trying to unlock a door, all the time avoiding an demonic old lady armed with bear trapsin Granny 

Skazz talks about the Oculus Quest 2, the joys of fully wireless VR and the superbly named 'Facial Interface'

We give an update on our weight challenge and what were going to try next. Plus Ram has a rant about smart devices

Notes:

Have better luck finding crowbars with Payday 2

You can check our play-through of that mission here

Escape from old people in Granny

The latest from Oculus VR range with the Oculus Quest 2

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Welcome to episode 149

We've both been playing Ex-Nerd, Bard, favorite game: Payday 2. Sk4zzi0us and TheSuffolkRam along with Game Night nerd Zaber have proven themselves as the worst criminals taking on a number of Heists when stealth is never an option and mowing down the most well equipped police force in the world.

We talk about the different heists, stealth, weapon customization and the complicated lobby system. 

Ram has been playing the latest in the Half Life game series with Half-Life: Alyx. The VR game from valve software and the first Half-Life game in 13 years. Instead of a traditional shooter, the game takes a more survival horror game with limited ammo, tough enemy's and only three weapons.

We look at the newly announce Oculus Quest 2, improving on the normal Oculus in pretty much every way, and it even cheaper. Skazz set us up with a new keep fit challenge involving VR

We also discuss Ram issues with taking cover and our equivalent sheep weights (ESW)

Notes:

Join a criminal gang and do a number of heists in Payday 2

The best VR game to date with Half-Life: Alyx

The new cheaper Oculus Quest 2. Ram's not salty at all...

So we all know where we are, on the Sheep weigh scale we have:

Skazz: https://www.lleynsheep.com/

Running in real life in VR with the Omni

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Welcome to episode 148

We start up with discussing our ongoing Fall Guys gaming, and how the experience has been somewhat soured with a sudden inrush of cheaters.

We then move onto a VR centric episode with Sk4zzi0us now having got a headset and TheSuffolkRam now upgrading to a Rift S. Skazz discuss his first VR experiences and the strange way to interact with the world with VR, Ram talks about the quality of the upgrade with his headset and some of his attempts to de-sensitize himself from VR motion sickness. We also discuss some of the downsides and dangers of VR

Moving onto gaming, Skazz talks about a couple of shooters he's been playing, first with Superhot VR, an interesting puzzle shooter when the time only moves in the game when you move. And then onto A-Tech Cybernetic, another shooter witch interesting uses both teleporting and normal movement.

TheSuffolkRam also has been playing in VR, playing a spy trying to get out of some dangerous places in I Expect you To Die.

Notes:

Now riddled with cheaters: Fall Guys: Ultimate knockout

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Welcome to episode 147

Skazz kick us off with talking about Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles Remastered, the classic Game Cube game with awkward hardware needs. He talk about the co-op changes that have made it worst, including lack of local co-op and limitations to player progression.

TheSuffolkRam has been playing a frustrating game with Running with Rifles, annoying AI and poor tutorials lead to a slog of a game. 

Plus Skazz and Ram have been bouncing on rubber mats and falling in slim with 60 player competitive game Fall Guys. 

We also discuss the latest updates to Hunt Showdown to prevent cheaters, season 3 of The Rain, reasons you can trust Ram and his visit to the dentist.

Notes:

 4 Player co-op cross play, but no local in Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles Remastered

A different style strategy game with Running with Rifles

Try not to lose you longitudinal or lateral instability and find yourself heading for ground in Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout

An excellent example of a Sci-Fi series completely losing it way, if you must suffer, check out The Rain

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Welcome to episode 146.

We do try to stay relevant to gaming but ended up going down a rabbit hole of old school internet and a short 2003 German indie film.

Skazz has not been having a good time playing the new Kirby game. His kids however disagree

We discuss Apple remove of google stadia and Microsoft steaming services. as well as having a very uninformed option on the removal of epic and fortnight from the store and the pending lawsuit

Returning to games. Ram had been running a spy agency Phantom Doctrine. Although his more  akin to Austin Powers then James Bond

Plus we also discuss Ram Warhammer shame pile and his Indomitus update, plus we look at our listeners breakdown

Notes

Take a peek into the internet of the past with Other.com

Or save your time sleuthing with the link to the famous indie file Hangtime (2003)

Plus view the history of the actor who portrayed the famous role of Bear of a man

Turns out Skazz is famous on that other major database site,  tuxdB

The game that quite literally sucks, Kirby Star Allies

Run your own spy agency hopefully with better luck the ram in Phantom Doctrine

Welcome to Episode 145

TheSuffolkRam kicks us off by player the recently released early access game Grounded, survival game meets 90s Saturday morning cartoons. He finds himself shrunk down to the size of an Ant, talks about the game play and the trouble with his arachnophobia.

This week Skazz has actually played a game, the most recent Doom game, Doom Eternal. He not a fan of the recent changes and the reliance on the chainsaw mechanic from the previous game.

Ram continual with his next, and back to the world of Warhammer 40k, this time embracing the Omnissiah in Mechanicus. The turn based strategy where you play as a bunch of tech-priests who accidentally awaking a Necron Tomb World

Plus we also discuss Ram not getting mugged buying a game, and making up a game based on The Running Man

Notes:

Hate Spiders, you may have trouble with Grounded

A disappointing sequel(?) in Doom Eternal 

Embrace the machine god and rid yourself of the weak flesh in Warhammer 40k: Mechanicus

Steam insists this game is similar to Assassin Creed Origins and Dishonored 2

Welcome to episode 144, now with new graphics (if you watch our YouTube channel)

This week TheSuffolkRam has broken his sea legs by joining Skazz and Zaber on his first voyage sailing the Sea of Thieves. We talk about the mechanics and some of the interesting tactics you can do in ship to ship combat. 

TheSuffolkRam revisit a game hes previously discussed with The Light Keeps Us Safe a Procedural generated robot stealth game. Sadly it looks like it been abandoned by the devs. He also talks about the short indie game Paratopic 

He also follow up from his last discussion of the Warhammer 40k Pre-order, the chaos of its release and how Games Workshop are responding.

Finally we talk about the sad death of Grant Imahara, who passed away from a brain aneurysm 

We also discuss the FPS C&C game Renegade 

 Notes:

Cartoonist pirate action in Sea Of Thieves

Robot stealth-em-up The Light Keep Us Safe

Strange and short indie game Paratopic

One of the best Mythbusters: Grant Imahara

Command and Conquer in first person with C&C: Renegade 

You can join us on our next Podcast Livestream on YouTube and Twitch on 1st August 2020 at 21:30 (GMT+1)

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Welcome to episode 143

We're still obsessed with Hunt: Showdown, with Skazz rushing ahead of TheSuffolkRam in rank. We discuss the extra features we've found out, how we're still bad at PvP, the recent twitch event, and the new trial mode. We also talk about some of the problems with the Game including its matchmaking issues. 

Ram talks about the upcoming new release of Warhammer 40k 9th Edition. Some of the changes to the current and previous editions, and how it effect his own army the Tau.

We also discuss the issue with Toxic gaming communities 

Notes

Still fighting in the Bayou in Hunt: Showdown

Want a quality camera for a cheap price, check out this Classic video camera from DSLR Video Shooter

9th Edition 40k boxed set sold out in three minutes, but you can have it made here

Plus the new Space Marines Mario Cart

You can join us on our next Podcast Livestream on YouTube and Twitch on 18th July 2020 at 21:30 (GMT+1)

Also, check out Skazz's and Ram's Twitch channel for our Tuesday games night at approximately 20:00 (GMT +1)